My New Neighbourhood

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Come with me

and I'll take you

for a pre dinner stroll

around my new neighbourhood

through an empty block

and across the verdant golf course

we can see the peak

of Bali Hai

along the road sides

the beautiful Frangipani,

called Plumeria in Hawaii,

is now flowering

in whites

and various shades

of pink and red-yellow

while the air is filled 

with gorgeous perfume

and the lawns littered 

with their spent petals

and over here

strident Birds of Paradise

claim their patch

I think

I shall be very happy here

in my new neighbourhood

for a few months...

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